THE JEWISH BIG BROTHER BIG SISTER ASSOCIATION

Little moments. BIG MAGIC .

Thank you for your interest in The Jewish Big Brother Big Sister Association of Cleveland (JBBBSA). We are a non-profit agency that provides professionally supported mentoring services and programs to local children and their families. Cleveland's Jewish Big Brothers was formally organized in 1919.

Our Mission is to aid in the development of confident, responsible and caring individuals, by providing professionally supported mentoring services and programs to Jewish children, their families and the diversified clients of Bellefaire JCB.

JBBBSA's Programs and Services provide high quality mentoring services to children and youth. Our programs include:

Homework Helpers provides group-mentoring for adolescents in Residential Treatment at Bellefaire JCB. Volunteers provide assistance with homework one time per week in a group setting.

Community-Based Mentoring provides a one-to-one mentoring match between an adult and a child between the ages of 6 and 18. The children are Jewish children from single-parent families, recently resettled immigrant children and families with special circumstances.

Bellefaire Buddies provides a one-to-one mentoring match between an adult and a child between the ages of 6 and 18. The children are the clients of Bellefaire JCB, primarily from the Foster Care Program or the Parents and Children Together (PACT) program.

Big Families provides a mentoring match between a volunteer family and a child. Now, in addition to our traditional one-to-one matches, families can include their entire family in this wonderful experience. Big Families is open to couples with or without children of their own.

Big Adventures is a program that provides group activities for children who are waiting to be matched with a mentor in the community-based program. The children have been accepted into our program and are waiting for a match to take place. Families transport children to and from group outing events in which the "little" is matched with a "big" for the duration of the activity.

Put a little MAGIC into a child's life! A "Big" provides the "Little" with an increased sense of self-confidence and belonging, and often leads to enhanced communication skills and improved performance at home, school, and in the community. "Bigs" enourage "Littles" to realize their potential and help them develop into competent, confident, and caring adults. Bigs and Littles have fun together, and the volunteer also benefits while truly making a difference in the life of a child.